Crabcakes, hon!

I'm from Maryland, I lived in Baltimore, I love crabs. That's kinda how it works. So when our friend Laurie generously offered to bring back fresh Alaskan king crab legs from the Aleutian islands, we were psyched! Backfin meat is the best to use, and king crab legs you get at the store will have a large portion of the backfin meat on the ends. Pick that stuff clean, its the best meat! Here's some prep advice for making Maryland Crabcakes:

1) Mix together these for the filler: bread crumbs, chopped celery, onion and/or red pepper, 1 egg, mayonnaise, Worcestershire, pepper, salt, and most important: OLD BAY seafood seasoning. Please don't forget the Old Bay or forget about the "Maryland" part of your crabcakes. :)



2) Fold in the crabmeat & Shape into cakes as big as you like.

3)Melt butter in the fry pan and cook until brown, about 5 minutes per side.

Then eat em!

Clint & Megan ~ Breckenridge, CO

Clint and Megan are a super sweet couple from Denver. Their wedding is in August, but they wanted to have their engagement session around some snow. So we headed for the mountains of course! We picked downtown Breckenridge to get a little bit of everything: snow, mountains, mountain town...we found tons of cool places to photograph without walking more than a couple blocks, a very fun shoot!

Mike D's got the deuces wild

Mike D is the dog of our friends Stephan and Carrie. Mike is just a puppy, but he's a LOT of puppy. He's a huge German Wirehair/Rottweiler mix, huge in body and personality. Mike's one of the coolest looking dogs around with a wiry yellow beard and gazing green eyes, he already looks wise beyond his...well...year. We took care of Mike last week and had a blast. Mike and our dog Zula are best friends. Mike likes the older women, and Zula loves the younger men, they're perfect for each other. They love to play, fight, chase, and then sleep....Here's a couple shots Lynn took while Mike was lounging on the floor.

"I'm Mike D. - I got the deuces wild,
a list of girlies numbers that I've dialed"
~ beastie boys

Piper Maurer

Before the holidays we visited our friends Scott & Kim and their new daughter Piper! Piper is an angel, and Scott & Kim are super blessed to have such a beautiful girl. This was her first photo shoot, and she was a total trooper, hanging in there for more than an hour before she got tired out. Here's a few shots from our session, including the Vanity Fair cover shot! Piper's already a star....

Babies babies!

Lynn and I headed to Glenwood Springs last weekend to gather with friends (and their kids) for Lauren & Mike's baby shower. Their son is on the way and due next month! It's amazing how many kids are running around at our friend gatherings nowadays! Used to just be the young adults hanging out and boozin. Now there's bottles of formula and sippy cups thrown into the mix! Here's some shots from the weekend, including some of the (other) Townsends, and the newest and cutest addition to our friend & family circle, Piper Maurer.

Leslie gets breakfast from momma Kim...go Townsends!

Lauren holds Piper and practices "the cradle" for January's arrival...

Piper Maurer's little hand...

...and the rest of her!

The crew feasting on breakfast before heading out in the snow...

Scott and Piper...

Mike as seen through the looking glass...

Chocolate Country!

We were back east last week to celebrate Thanksgiving with the family. We had a great time with everyone, lots of eating, decorating the Christmas tree with our nieces....good wholesome fun. After the long weekend we drove my grandmother home in Pennsylvania. And that meant taking a detour through Hershey, PA...chocolate country! Its great driving down main street...uh I mean Chocolate Avenue.....even the street lights are chocolate kisses. All you need to do is roll all the windows down driving past the Hershey plant and smell cocoa in the air....Hershey, or Heaven? Either way, thank God for chocolate!

Kristin & J.R. ~ Colorado Backyard Beauty

Recently we photographed the wedding of Kristin & J.R. ~ a great couple here in Denver. Kristin's relatives generously offered up their home north of Boulder, CO for the ceremony and celebration, and wow what a beautiful place! They should start renting their place out for events. The whole day was really cool and laid back, just like we like to photograph! Timing was perfect for catching the last of the fall colors, as always making for great images and a beautiful wedding day for them....